Baltimore IAC

Local Actions and Events

410 218-4835
apcbaltimore@pipeline.com

EMERGENCY NUMBERS:
Office (410) 235-7040
Sharon Ceci cell (410) 218-4835

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3PM, FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, 2009
The DC Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
Washington, DC

One the eve of America's Independence Day celebration, American Muslims (with the support of concerned members of non-Muslim communities) will spearhead a three-part initiative to draw attention to, and to educate the public on, the enormous gulf that still exist between promise and fulfillment, and how this socio-political deficiency within the American body-politic has impacted the Muslim community (globally) post 9/11.

The initiative will begin with a press conference, followed by a rally outside of the convention center.

Among the issues to be addressed:

1. The relentless targeting of Muslim organizations;
2. The insertion of agents-provocateur into the Muslim community;
3. The oppressive use of "conspiracy law" to impose punishments on Muslim defendants which are often more harsh than what convicted murderers receive in U.S. courts;
4. To protest the innocent lives lost ("collateral damage") to wrong-headed U.S. foreign policy in the so-called war on terrorism;
5. And to protest the genocide being committed against the Palestinian people (especially in Gaza)!

Among the speakers will be family members of the Fort Dix 5, the Newburgh 4 and others who have lost loved ones through religious profiling, political prosecution and long-term imprisonment.

For additional information:
301-762-9162; peacethrujustice@aol.com

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EMERGENCY ACTION NOW!
STOP SHUTOFFS!
ROLL BACK GAS AND ELECTRIC RATES!

84,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN MARYLAND ARE ABOUT TO HAVE THEIR GAS AND ELECTRIC SHUT OFF!

Sign the ONLINE PETITION at bailoutpeople.org/baltutilitypetition.shtml – circulate to friends, family and co-workers.

Price gouging and fraudulent utility rates coupled with joblessness, cuts in wages and health care, foreclosures, evictions, and deepening hardship for workers and their families have created one of the worst crises in a century.

We need emergency action now!

The people of the State of Maryland are facing a crisis as bad as any hurricane or tornado.  Under State statutes and the Baltimore City Charter—both the Governor and the Mayor can intervene to protect the people from disaster. 

The Power 4 the People, a committee of the Bailout the People Movement, who recently marched against the big banks on Wall Street, and the Network to Stop Foreclosures & Evictions are circulating a petition calling for the following action:

Tell the Governor, Public Service Commission, Constellation Energy/BGE CEO Mayo Shattuck and BGE President DeFontes, Baltimore Mayor Dixon, State Delegates and Senators, the Maryland Congressional Delegation, President Obama, the Baltimore Sun and members of the Baltimore and National media:

 We demand:

·        AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ALL SHUT OFFS!

·        A  PEOPLES INVESTIGATION ON THE IMPACT OF UTILITY SHUT OFFS ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. 

·        CANCELLATION OF BACK BILLS FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS, DISABLED PEOPLE,  SENIORS AND RETIRED PERSONS LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES,  LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, AND THOSE IN NEED OF UTILITIES FOR HEALTH CONDITIONS.

·        ROLL BACK RATES FOR ALL INDIVIDUAL USERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES—HEAT AND LIGHT ARE A RIGHT!

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POWER 4 THE PEOPLE
Bailout the People Movement
2011 N. Charles St. B
Baltimore, Md. 21218
443-220-7919